Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their third child via a surrogate mother.
A source confirmed the news to People magazine, revealing that ‘the entire family is over the moon’ and that the surrogate is due in January.
‘Kim had been looking for a surrogate for months until recently when she found the perfect candidate,’ the source added, referencing Kim’s issues in the past with her pregnancies which led to the decision to have a surrogate carry her child.
‘Given her health scares in the past, Kim felt the need to hire a surrogacy agency that helped serve as the liaison in finding a healthy woman who would be a great surrogate option for her and Kanye. Both of them have been super involved in the process.’
Kim and Kanye married in 2014; their son Saint is 21 months old, while daughter North turned 4 in June.
Kim has always said that she wanted a big family however her health complications have meant that she’s unable to have a third baby naturally; she suffered with placenta accreta, where the placenta grows into the muscle of the uterus, in past pregnancies.,
TMZ claimed in June that Kim and Kanye, 41, had worked up a deal to fork out 10 instalments of $4,500 (£3,500), as well as $68,850 (£54,000) for a deposit after finding their perfect surrogate.
If there’s more than one baby then the surrogate will reportedly get paid $5,000 (£4,000) per child.
To be eligible to carry their baby, the couple have set out certain conditions, making sure that the woman doesn’t smoke, take any drugs or have sex within the three weeks leading to the pregnancy.